StayDirect™ is a low cost referral service offered to Hosts which sees a digital nomad routed to a Host's own booking system for processing the booking.
Instead of using the Nomad Stays booking system (card acceptance, confirmations, communications etc.) the StayDirect™ Host provides these themselves.
Your digital nomad prospects see a different button alongside your offers. They see a "Book Direct with Stay" button.
What the Nomad Sees:
| StayDirect | BookingFlow |
|---|---|
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Under StayDirect™ Each Host Provides:
- Actual Booking pages
- Payment screens and processes
- A single or range of payment types and currencies
- Confirmations, Vouchers and other booking verifications
- Communications with prospects
How Much Does it Cost?
Each referral costs 1%.
The 1% is calculated on the value of the offering you've marketed on Nomad Stays.
The same €39 Application Fee for first time Stay hosts applies.
What do I lose if I switch to StayDirect™?
By using your own booking system you lose access to the Nomad Stays booking system. You don't get:
- Seamless closing of client bookings on the same trusted site as they found the deal
- Instant confirmation
- High quality card payment technology
- Some automatic availability routing and calculations
- Full range of payment types, cards and currencies
- The ability for clients to add additional items onto their booking before payment
- Access to Nomad stays pre-sale chat & email support
- Access to the Nomad Stays loyalty program
- A booking system that only charges on confirmed bookings
- Use of the Nomad Stays security technology & systems
- Marketing to AI Agents and LLMs
What do I gain if I switch to StayDirect™?
By using StayDirect™ and your own booking system you gain:
- A low cost, human centered, marketing system without booking fees
- Greater anonymity with regulators (most platform reporting regulations focus on actual bookings, not referrals or advertising)
- A referral system for Stays in selected countries where agency bookings are not offered
- A marketing system that feeds prospects directly to your own website and pages
- The ability to offer your own payment terms, payment types, card acceptance and currencies
- The ability to route prospects to your booking pages on other platforms
A direct communication route with prospects before they book